History for the day

Famous surrenders on this date:

1628 Hugenot bulwark at La Rochelle surrenders to Cardinal Richelieu
1662 Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders to Chinese pirates
1857 William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to the United States Navy
1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Fort Sumter in South Carolina surrenders to the Confederates
1861 St. Augustine, Florida surrenders to Union armies
1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces
1865 At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
1865 At Fort Towson, Oklahoma, General Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable Confederate army
1865 At Galveston, Texas, Confederate General Kirby-Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Dept
1865 At Durham, North Carolina, Confederate General Joseph Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee